As if reading her mind once again, "you can go about your daily life--as long as you do nothing that'll affect me. I'll assign a driver to you, to take you to and from school. Or anywhere you wish to go."As long as she didn't do anything that'd affect him... what could she possibly do in this life that'd affect this formidable man? Mia wondered. '...' Hold up.Her brows knitted together as she was lost deep in thought. She didn't need a driver--she didn't want one. No, no, no. What would the kids at school start to say...? She already didn't have a good image in school... She'd have to reject him. Mia looked up at the man who sat elegantly before him. He definitely wasn't one to take no for an answer. She gulped. What was she to do now? "Just give me money instead." Before she could think twice, she blurted out. But that was better, wasn't it? By asking for money... she didn't turn him down. But how she'd said it... did that not make her seem like..."I mean... for transport.
HUSBAND... That word, gross. Her lips pursed; wait a minute. Just like that, she was married? Realization suddenly dawned on her. She now had a husband... she was now someone's wife... 'Someone, please wake me up.' Mia cried inwardly, shaking her head as she stopped hopping on the bed.Just like that? Marriage...? She was in deep shit. She was still in school... If the kids at school ever found out, her name would be slandered. To make matters worse, she wasn't just married--she was married to a man waaay older than her. And he was filthy rich. She'd be tagged a gold-digger for that. And her father? He'd probably disown her the moment he-- She'd have to keep this marriage a secret. She had to keep it all to herself. She pushed the thoughts aside for a while. Right now, she needs to enjoy the moment. You know the saying; enjoy now, suffer later.Mia resumed hopping with one leg on the bed, giggling excitedly as she did.Suddenly, a few seconds later, the door to the room flung o
By the time Mia arrived at school, she first went straight to the girls’ dorm to wear her school uniform. Due to yesterday’s attack, her uniform was ruined.Thankfully, she had two school uniforms, so she was saved. The moment she entered the room, Martha dashed to her side at once. Concern was written all over her face as she spoke, “Mia, where have you been? I’ve been worried sick about you—are you alright? When I came back and didn’t meet you, I was scared. I called you, but your phone rang in here.” Mia had finished dressing up and they’d now stepped out of their room. She noticed that as students passed by her, they stopped and laughed mockingly at her before going their way. She nudged it off. It was about yesterday’s issue. She turned to look at Martha with a soft smile on her face. “I’m okay.” She felt guilty for letting her best friend worry so much about her. “Are you sure?” Martha hesitated for a while before she said, “a video was posted very early this morning…”“I
Meanwhile, in a certain corporation, “you’re fired!” the CEO’s shrill voice resounded through the entire conference room. Yesterday was bad enough… but today, even worse. Immediately the CEO arrived at the company, in the morning, the day got marked ‘WORST’ for all the employees working in Beats Corporations Headquarters. Beads of sweat formed all over Lucas’ body as he stood behind the CEO’s swivel chair, in the meeting room. It was so obvious that the man was in a completely bad mood today. Mr Marshall marked a total of eight employees that his boss had fired today. The personal assistant of the CEO feared that he might be the ninth person anytime soon. CEO Shawn had kept all the officials in the conference room since 10:00 am. Lucas checked the time on the leather wristwatch strapped on his wrist—the time was now past six in the evening.Yesterday, they’d all spent five hours here. But today, they spent a total of eight hours! Again, the CEO’s personal assistant was a hundre
The poor personal assistant let out a weary sigh and began to drag his wobbly legs back into the company. He was extremely tired, but he had some unfinished business to deal with. ***No matter how Shawn tried to push that one thought aside, it just wouldn’t go away. That girl’s words… they kept ringing in his head like a pendulum clock.As he drove into the mansion, he gradually stopped the car a few feet away from the main door. His eyes swept over the screen as he checked for the time—the girl should be asleep by now. The CEO wished for her not to be home yet so he could lash out at her. Besides, she was the reason he was in a bitter mood—taking out all his anger on her would be justifiable.Shawn slid out of the driver’s seat as a guard had already opened the car door for him. He then took long strides inside the big house. The maids sank in curtsy as soon as they sighted him.‘It’s way too silent here.’ Ignoring their greetings, Shawn’s brows furrowed instead. ‘Isn’t she back
Mia was taken aback by the sudden outburst. Even Martha was extremely shocked. Despite all her efforts, was the boy still in love with this girl? She couldn’t help but wonder. But… Well, it wasn’t so easy for one to forget about their first love. Although, yes, she told Max that Mia was no longer staying with her in their room so that he could get mad at her… but not for him to get mad at the girl in this manner. This was more of a ‘caring mad’ than a ‘MAD mad’. This was a concern concealed in infuriation. He was supposed to get mad at Mia and think dirt of her… what was this? Martha secretly balled up her hand into a fist.“Huh… Hum-I” Mia stuttered miserably. “With whom are you staying?” Max’s voice was filled with urgency. He wanted to know real fast.Mia was dumbfounded. How would she tell—wait, this boy was not even in a position to question her. He was in no position to ask about what was going on in her life. They weren’t a couple anymore. Mia realized this all of a sudde
“Where have you been sleeping these past few days?!” Her father thundered angrily.Arnold Thompson was greatly enraged.Several minutes ago, he was in the middle of an important meeting at the company, when his phone suddenly began to vibrate in his pocket. It was a call from his wife, and the woman knew not to call him when he was at work, unless it was about something serious. He’d picked the call, only for his wife to tell him that their daughter had not been staying in the school dormitory for the past two days. He’d been so furious that he immediately adjourned the meeting and headed straight home.Mia was extremely shocked at the man’s question. How did her dad find out so quickly?“Oh, you’re surprised right? You disgraceful child!” Arnold spat out furiously. All this girl did was bring shame to him and his name! Every damn time!Barbara, who’d just recovered from the shock of her husband hitting the girl, hastily shuffled across the floor, to his side. Vivian was also at h
Why didn’t he?—why wouldn’t he? The poor girl sobbed silently.Madam Grace heard some movement upstairs and said to the girl: “Wipe your tears and run along now. If Master Arnold comes back downstairs and still meets you here, things will only get worse.” “Don’t worry, I’ll try my best to talk to him… I’ll see if he changes his mind.” But they both knew Arnold Thompson wouldn’t budge a bit. Once again, Mia was being kicked out of her house. Just that this time, she was being kicked out for good. There was no coming back.Well, Madam Grace was right; she had to leave. If her father were to come downstairs and still meet her in his house, things would be disastrous. He might have her locked up in jail—again. He did it before, he could do it again. The first time it happened, Mia was just fifteen years old. She and Vivian were still living in the house with their parents then. A huge sum of money had suddenly gone missing from their father’s room… When Arnold noticed this, he vowed